EVENT: Free medical clinic

Medspire Health, a new non-profit made up of former Feather River Hospital employees, will hold a free medical clinic in Magalia on Saturday, Sept. 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The clinic will be held at the Magalia Pines Baptist Church at 14098 Skyway. No I.D. is required. Urgent care, primary care, case management and mental health services will be provided.

EVENT: Water researcher wants volunteers

Paradise Irrigation District will be holding a community meeting on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at Paradise Alliance Church at 6491 Clark Rd. An independent research team will be there presenting an upcoming study of possible contamination inside the plumbing of standing homes and signing up volunteers to participate.

PID continues to test and replace service lines to standing structures and locations that are rebuilding and has lifted more than 300 drinking advisories.

EVENT: Health care after the fire

The North Valley Community Foundation, Physicians for a Healthy California and Butte-Glenn Medical Society will hold a summit on Wednesday Sept. 18 addressing the health care needs of the community after the Camp Fire.

The summit, organized primarily for providers, will include updates from Butte County, the town of Paradise, Adventist Health and other health care professionals.

The summit will be from 4 to 8 p.m. at Chico State’s Bell Memorial Auditorium.

NEWS: Wildfire assistance program

The wildfire assistance program set up by a court order to provide funds from Pacific Gas and Electric, Corp. to fire survivors with immediate needs has started distributing checks. Survivors may receive up to $5,000 by submitting a claim online at https://www.norcalwildfireassistanceprogram.com/ or by calling 1-888-626-0062. Survivors with exceptional needs may qualify for a second round of funding. The deadline to file a claim to the $105 million fund is Nov. 15.

NEWS: Deadline for PG&E claim

October 21, 2019 is the deadline for submitting a claim against Pacific Gas and Electric, Corp. for losses related to the Camp Fire.

NEWS: Paradise numbers updated

The town of Paradise announced this week that it is expecting to issue 500 permits by the end of the year, an increase from the expected 300.

New totals from Paradise, as of Sept. 11. Previous week’s totals in parentheses:

NEWS: FEMA housing

As of Sept. 11, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is housing 314 households in travel trailers and manufactured homes at four group sites in Oroville, Gridley and Chico. Another 195 households are being housed at commercial campgrounds and RV parks across Northern California.

One hundred and forty-three households have moved into its Gridley site, which has 400 planned manufactured housing units. The agency is also currently moving in Camp Fire survivors to its latest group site on Aztec Drive in Chico. Of the 83 spots, 75 have been filled.